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AWS: Automating The Not-so-sexy Parts
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AWS: Automating The Not-so-sexy Parts

We all know how fun and 'easy' it is to spin up environments, or even migrate our entire business into AWS. But after the initial thrill is over, comes the eventual realization that you have just traded the headache of physical hardware for something else. Something that isn't visible and almost unlimited financial risk. This talk is about that not-so-sexy part of an AWS implementation; management of it.

  • [Bare Minimum] Account Security
  • IAM Roles
  • Billing
  • Monitoring
  • Service windows

Not only will you leave with an immediate checklist of items to do to your AWS account, but a set of scripts to help you wrangle these not-so-sexy items into submission.

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